death chamber

collocation in English

meaningsofdeathandchamber

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death
noun[C or U]
uk
/deθ/us
/deθ/
the end ...
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chamber
noun
uk
/ˈtʃeɪm.bər/us
/ˈtʃeɪm.bɚ/
formal
a room used for a special or official purpose, or a group of people who form (part of) ...
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(Definition ofdeathandchamberfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In each of them there is a condemned cell and adeathchamber.
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He did not make any final written statement and did not speak a word in thedeathchamber.
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That adeathchamberserves as this unlikely theater of the absurd underscores the film's dominant ironic tone.
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Prisoners were only informed at the very last moment, as they entered thedeathchamber.
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But a public official who stands between a human being and thedeathchambermust be held to a higher standard.
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The dolmen consists of a long covered walkway that leads to thedeathchamber.
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All except for one of the states which allow capital punishment are equipped with adeathchamber, but many states rarely put them to use.
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Allen was assisted in thedeathchamberby four correctional officers, though a media observer stated that he was clearly moving under his own power.
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The new prison featured adeathchamber.
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Sacco entered thedeathchamberat 12:11.
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Death chambers were usually located alongside washrooms and reportedly many of the condemned may have thought they were taken to wash themselves.
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I built their death chambers for them.
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